The Power of Open Source for Business

San Francisco and Silicon Valley have become obsessed with the World Series. After all, it's not that often your team gets to play a second world series in three years. And for some, there's a unique combination of tech and sports resulting in brilliant innovation. One such innovation comes in the form of Tok.tv, the brainchild of open source guru Fabrizio Capobianco. Fabrizio was the founder of Funambol, an open source cloud sync technology that has become the de facto choice for many carriers. He's also a huge San Francisco Giants fan, perhaps the biggest Italian baseball fan ever.

Right now, Tok.tv is an iPad application that enables baseball fans to talk and cheer in real time with their friends. But Tok.tv has much more potential than just baseball. Why not football? World cup? Tennis? Movies? Reality shows? I'm sure Fabrizio has big plans...

Meanwhile, Tok.tv is getting great news coverage for its unique "second screen" play for baseball fans. So come cheer the San Francisco giants with your friends by using Tok.tv's iPad app.